Turnbull dogwhistles bigots while Trump bluffs and blusters
Mr Turnbull identified Australian values as freedom, equality of men and women, the rule of law, democracy and “a fair go”, and claimed these were […]
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Telstra’s copper network was almost dead 15 years ago, and they knew it
The internet can be a goldmine of little gems. And dig away, you might strike a little gem or two. Like these: In October 2013 […]
Australia follows USA blindly into disaster in Syria and North Korea
The Donald follows rave reviews of his hugely popular Syrian bombing this week by trashing his “America First” isolationist foreign policy. “Just a jump to […]
What They Say, Is Not What They Do
“He’s a can-do prime minister,” she said, “He’s got a vision for this country, he’s got a lot of issues to deal with but he’s […]
It’s not the ABC’s fault that you look like idiots
It was inevitable that James Ashby’s One Nation would fall out with the ABC. James likes to very much control the questions that can be […]
Vale John Clarke
John Clarke, comedian and satirist, has died suddenly. From Fred Dagg to Farnarkling to his recent Clarke and Dawe interviews, Clarke has always helped us […]
Scomo’s con job
Last Thursday, Treasurer Scott Morrison gave an Address to the AFR Banking and Wealth Summit in which he spruiked his “national economic plan” as outlined […]
Government sinks in the swamp of stupid
This morning, Minister for Human Services Alan Tudge outdid even himself in the stupidity stakes when he admitted that he had released the private data […]
Cue the show ponies
Malcolm Turnbull has, it seems, decided that the ‘energy crisis’ is all the fault of the Labor Premiers in South Australia and Victoria. The blackouts […]
Xenophon: a box of revolting chocolates
Nick Xenophon has capitulated to Turnbull’s big business pressure group by supporting a 5% cut to corporate taxes. That’s right; the man who markets himself […]
Australian Drug Policy: ‘hypocrisy’ is not a strong enough word
The 3.6-million-dollar study testing the sewage in our capital cities for illegal drugs is simply more disinformation and bullshit. Let’s revisit the results from this […]
Dutton stigmatises CEOs as no better than women. Wow.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton inexplicably stepped out of his portfolio last week to make commentary on CEOs with an opinion on marriage equality that does […]
Sally McManus, the hero
Sally McManus is the hero of workers. Turnbull is welcome to try to villainise her, but in doing so, he’s only making himself the enemy. […]
I’m a politician and you’re not so shut up – the weirdness of Peter Dutton
It takes a pretty screwed up world for there to even be rumours of Peter Dutton being touted as a future leader. We could talk […]
See you Jay and raise you a fluoro vest
It was with great gusto and fanfare that our previously ineffectual Prime Minister announced his game-changing solution for energy security in Australia. We will have, […]